Team Lilliebridge

TEAM LILLIEBRIDGE / THE LILLIEBRIDGE FAMILY has been a recognized name in powerlifting for decades. Ernie Lilliebridge Sr., Ernie Lilliebridge Jr., and Eric Lilliebridge built their reputations through years of competition, record setting performances, coaching, and strength training at the highest levels of the sport. Across multiple weight classes and federations, the family has accumulated All Time world records, national records, elite totals, and some of the strongest raw performances of their era. Team Lilliebridge was built around a simple philosophy, train hard, stay consistent, learn through experience, and let the results speak for themselves. What began as a family passion for strength evolved into a house hold name known throughout the powerlifting community.

Ernie Lilliebridge SR

Ernie Lilliebridge SR began lifting at just 10 years old and entered competitive powerlifting as a teenager. What initially started as a way to become stronger for martial arts quickly developed into a lifelong passion for strength training and powerlifting.

Over the following decades, Ernie Sr. competed across numerous federations and equipment categories, including raw, raw with wraps, and multi ply competition. His OpenPowerlifting history documents competition well into his 40s and includes organizations such as the APF, UPA, RPS, USAPL, WPC and others.

Throughout his career, Ernie Sr. established numerous national and world level performances while also becoming known for his ability to coach and develop other lifters. One of his biggest raw with wraps squats was 881lb, a performance for the All Time World Record Squat at 275lbs. OpenPowerlifting currently lists his database best raw with wraps squat at 400 kg / 881 Ib and his best raw with wraps total at 975.5 kg / 2,150 Ib. His recorded multi ply total reached 1,037.5 kg / 2,287 lb.

But Ernie Sr.'s impact goes far beyond his own lifting. As the father and coach behind Team Lilliebridge, he played a major role in developing both Ernie Jr and Eric from young lifters into internationally recognized powerlifters. His decades of competition experience, coaching knowledge and practical approach to strength training became the foundation of the Lilliebridge training philosophy.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Year 2007 — Highest raw squat and raw total across all federations and weight classes: 862 lb / 391 kg squat and 2,150 lb / 975.2 kg total @308 lb. 

All Time World Record raw with wraps squat: 881 lb / 400 kg at 275 lb.

 Multi ply total: 2,287 lb / 1,037.5 kg. Multiple national and world record performances across decades of competitive powerlifting.

Coach and mentor behind Team Lilliebridge, helping develop Ernie Jr. and Eric Lilliebridge into internationally recognized powerlifters.

Gym Numbers Raw

Competition Numbers Raw

Squat	Bench	Deadlift	Total
881 lb  - 400 kg   881 lb - 400 kg	550 lb - 249.5 kg   518 lb - 235 kg	805 lb - 365.5 kg   782 lb - 355 kg	2236 lb - 1014.5 kg   2150 lb  - 975.5 kg

Ernie Lilliebridge JR

Ernie Lilliebridge JR began strength training at a young age and entered the sport of powerlifting alongside his father and brother. After competing as a teenager, Ernie Jr. went on to build a competitive career spanning more than two decades, competing across the 198 lb, 220 Ib and 242 Ib weight classes.

At 198 Ib, Ernie Jr established multiple world record squats 370.5 / 816 lb  and world record totals, ultimately totaling 2,028 Ib at 198 Ib bodyweigh. That performance became one of the defining achievements of his career and helped establish him among the elite raw with wraps lifters of his generation.

He competed in the 220Ib class, where OpenPowerlifting documents a 2,001 Ib total at 220 lb bodyweight, and eventually into the 242 Ib class, where his strongest recorded totals continued climbing. In 2023, at the XPC Worlds at the Arnold, Ernie Jr. totaled 938.9 kg / 2,071 Ib at approximately 241 lb bodyweight: Squat: 367.4 kg / 810 lb / Bench Press: 201.8 kg / 445 Ib / Deadlift: 369.6 kg / 815 lb/ Total: 938.9 kg / 2,071 lb He returned to the Arnold injured in 2024 and won his class with a 907.1 kg / 2,000 Ib total.

Across his career, Ernie Jr. has accumulated world records, national records, major meet victories and elite totals across three different weight classes. Beyond competition, he has spent decades studying training, programming, recovery, fasting, nutrition and strength performance through real world application. That experience now forms a major part of Team Lilliebridge and the training information passed on to the next generation of lifters.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

All Time World Record squat 816 lb / 370.5 kg  at 198 lb / 90 kg

World Record 2,028 lb / 920 kg total at 198 lb  / 90 kg 

2,001 lb / 908 kg total at 220 lb / 100 kg

854 lb / 387 kg career best competition squat

815 lb / 370 kg career best competition deadlift 

2,071 lb / 939 kg competition total at 242 lb / 110 kg   

Multiple national and world records More than two decades of competitive powerlifting

Gym Numbers Raw

Competition Numbers Raw

Squat	Bench	Deadlift	Total
855 lb - 388 kg   854 lb - 387.5 kg	505 lb - 229.5 kg    457 lb - 207.5 kg	840 lb - 381 kg   815 lb - 370 kg	2200 lb - 998 kg   2071 lb -940 kg

Eric Lilliebridge

Eric Lilliebridge began strength training at home before eventually joining his father and brother in serious powerlifting training. After entering competition as a teenager, Eric rapidly developed into one of the strongest raw powerlifters of his generation.

Throughout his career Eric competed primarily in the 275 Ib and 308 Ib weight classes and established a series of world record performances in the squat, deadlift and total. His competition history spans more than 50 meet entries from 2004 through 2018, with over 10+ documented world record performances across multiple weight classes.

At the 2016 UPA Iron Battle on the Mississippi, Eric produced one of the biggest performances of his career. Squat: 477.5 kg / 1,053 Ib / Bench Press: 250 kg / 551 lb / Deadlift: 387.5 kg / 855 lb / Total: 1,115 kg / 2,458 Ib That 1,053 Ib squat and 2,458 Ib total both established world records at the time. Earlier that same year, competing completely raw without knee wraps, Eric totaled: Squat: 417.5 kg / 921 Ib / Bench Press: 247.5 kg / 546 lb / Deadlift: 410 kg / 904 Ib / Total:1,075 kg / 2,370 Ib Even years after his competitive career, those performances remain near the top of the historical rankings.

Eric's 1,053 Ib squat currently ranks #2 all time in the 140 kg / 308 Ib raw with wraps class, while his 2,458 Ib total ranks #3 all time in that same class in the current database. His 1,053 Ib squat also remains one of the heaviest raw with-wraps squats ever performed by any lifter regardless of bodyweight.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

1,052 lb / 477.5 kg raw with-wraps squat 

2,458 lb / 1,115 kg raw with wraps total

 921 lb / 418 kg completely raw squat no wraps

 903 lb / 410 kg raw deadlift

2,370 lb / 1,075 kg completely raw total

More than 20+ documented All Time World Records 

Multiple national and world record performances throughout his career 

Ranked #2 all time in the 308 lb / 140 kg raw with wraps squat with 1,052 lb / 477.5 kg 

Ranked #3 all time in the 308 lb / 140 kg raw-with-wraps total with 2,458 lb / 1,115 kg

Gym Numbers Raw

Competition Numbers Raw

Squat	Bench	Deadlift	Total
1058 lb - 480kg   1052 lb - 477.5 kg	570 lb - 258.5 kg   551 lb -  250 kg	920 lb - 417.5 kg   903 lb -  410 kg	2548 lb - 1156 kg   2458 lb - 1115 kg